IPL 2023: Rating teams based on their retentions and releases
IPL franchises submitted their list of retained players for the upcoming edition on November 15.
5. Lucknow Super Giants - 8/10
Lucknow Super Giants had a great campaign at the 15th edition of the lucrative T20 tournament which saw them qualify for the playoffs. Thus, they have kept most of their players intact. KL Rahul & co. released the duo of Manish Pandey and Evin Lewis, both of whom had a poor outing with the bat in IPL 2022. Also, with LSG having Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, and Ravi Bishnoi in their ranks, the release of Ankit Rajpoot and Shahbaz Nadeem was on the cards.
The most surprising ouster from the Lucknow camp has been of Jason Holder. Despite the ace all-rounder doing a decent job taking 14 wickets in 12 games and scoring 58 runs at a strike rate of 131.82, he was removed from the side. With Holder’s exit, LSG will try to rope either Stokes, Cameron Green, or Curran at the upcoming auction.
The departure of Andrew Tye was quite anticipated with Mark Wood likely to feature in IPL 2023. Also, LSG decided to part ways with Dushmantha Chameera, which could have been due to the pacer’s regular injury concerns. So, the think tank will look to fill up the Sri Lankan seamer’s void at IPL 2023 auction.
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